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'Scuse me while I puke and die!
Jul. 30th, 2011 03:00 pmHad a pretty busy week of visiting and socializing and doing work stuff. My dear friend Miss Grete was in town last week, so we hung out Saturday and then again on Weds. Had an awesome time.
Last night an old college classmate came by for a visit. Considering how nervous I get when I hang out with churchy types, it was a fun visit. I have, as you might imagine, a very poorly calibrated filter for what I say or do NOT say. I seem to have 2 settings: work, and free-for-all. That doesn't always sit well with religious types seeing as how part of my background inner-monologue is that we'd all get along better if we didn't blame our weaknesses or bigotries on supernatural shit. Last night, for example, I asserted that if somebody is Christian, they should at least be aware that the men who wrote the gospels did not live at the same time as Jesus. Sadly, the person I was with had learned it differently.
D'oh. But I digress.
This weeks ZZN interview was with the guys at Zombie go Boom! which is an awesome mythbusters-style YouTube series testing out different anti-zombie weaponry. Good stuff!
Today I'm at the day-job until 5pm. Then home to make a quiche with a mashed potato crust. I've never done a potato crust before, but one of tonight's guests can't have white flour. I also have to change the catbox before everybody arrives. Tonight's party is for one of my coworkers who is moving to London soon. If I don't make him a nice party, he might not send me anything cool from merry old England. LOL Considering how many friends and fans I have out that way, it's kinda surprising that I don't get more stuff. ;-]
Speaking of stuff. Me wantee Kindle. In fact, I'm sick to death of not having one, and am boycotting the buying of giant books until I get one. Hear THAT, George RR Martin? How about YOU, Stephen King? I have a hardcover of Under the Dome, but trying to read it exacerbates my carpal tunnel. Kindles are cheap now; about $140 for one that isn't constantly running ads. And there are TONS of free classics I am dying to read. Hello Project Gutenberg!!!
Wrote another article for Associated Content. People seem to like it, but I'm still not sure how to get strangers to find it, see it, read it, etc. It doesn't do me much good to write awesome articles that are only seen by a couple hundred of my closest friends. Applied for another writing gig, then did some research and found out that tons of writers complained about not getting paid. I need a writing gig that would actually allow me to quit this gig.
No dice.
A note about the Economy: Bill Clinton left office with a record budget surplus.
A RECORD. BUDGET. SURPLUS.
Dub-ya raised the debt ceiling 8 times to fund his crazy-pants, they-tried-to-kill-my-Daaaaaaaaaaddy war.
But somehow the current debt crisis is the fault of Obama?
Really?
Can anyone explain this mindset?
Anyone?
Bueller?
And finally, Livejournal, you suck. Could you at least wait until this latest DDOS attack is under control before telling me (again) how much I might enjoy a paid account?
I'm not paying you another damn dime, LJ. You've ruined yourself worse than Mtv.
Okay, I take that back. LJ is not as bad as Mtv, but it's still ruined.
Last night an old college classmate came by for a visit. Considering how nervous I get when I hang out with churchy types, it was a fun visit. I have, as you might imagine, a very poorly calibrated filter for what I say or do NOT say. I seem to have 2 settings: work, and free-for-all. That doesn't always sit well with religious types seeing as how part of my background inner-monologue is that we'd all get along better if we didn't blame our weaknesses or bigotries on supernatural shit. Last night, for example, I asserted that if somebody is Christian, they should at least be aware that the men who wrote the gospels did not live at the same time as Jesus. Sadly, the person I was with had learned it differently.
D'oh. But I digress.
This weeks ZZN interview was with the guys at Zombie go Boom! which is an awesome mythbusters-style YouTube series testing out different anti-zombie weaponry. Good stuff!
Today I'm at the day-job until 5pm. Then home to make a quiche with a mashed potato crust. I've never done a potato crust before, but one of tonight's guests can't have white flour. I also have to change the catbox before everybody arrives. Tonight's party is for one of my coworkers who is moving to London soon. If I don't make him a nice party, he might not send me anything cool from merry old England. LOL Considering how many friends and fans I have out that way, it's kinda surprising that I don't get more stuff. ;-]
Speaking of stuff. Me wantee Kindle. In fact, I'm sick to death of not having one, and am boycotting the buying of giant books until I get one. Hear THAT, George RR Martin? How about YOU, Stephen King? I have a hardcover of Under the Dome, but trying to read it exacerbates my carpal tunnel. Kindles are cheap now; about $140 for one that isn't constantly running ads. And there are TONS of free classics I am dying to read. Hello Project Gutenberg!!!
Wrote another article for Associated Content. People seem to like it, but I'm still not sure how to get strangers to find it, see it, read it, etc. It doesn't do me much good to write awesome articles that are only seen by a couple hundred of my closest friends. Applied for another writing gig, then did some research and found out that tons of writers complained about not getting paid. I need a writing gig that would actually allow me to quit this gig.
No dice.
A note about the Economy: Bill Clinton left office with a record budget surplus.
A RECORD. BUDGET. SURPLUS.
Dub-ya raised the debt ceiling 8 times to fund his crazy-pants, they-tried-to-kill-my-Daaaaaaaaaaddy war.
But somehow the current debt crisis is the fault of Obama?
Really?
Can anyone explain this mindset?
Anyone?
Bueller?
And finally, Livejournal, you suck. Could you at least wait until this latest DDOS attack is under control before telling me (again) how much I might enjoy a paid account?
I'm not paying you another damn dime, LJ. You've ruined yourself worse than Mtv.
Okay, I take that back. LJ is not as bad as Mtv, but it's still ruined.
